[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN DUNN

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                         HON. FRANK A. LoBIONDO

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 16, 2001

  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute a celebrated poet 
from Southern New Jersey, Stephen Dunn of Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic 
County on his winning the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. His 
collection of poems, entitled ``Different Hours,'' has won the acclaim 
of critics and readers from across the nation.
  The book, Stephen Dunn's 11th collection of original verse, has been 
hailed as an exploration and insight into the ``different hours'' of 
one's life as well as into the philosophical and historical life all 
set in the Southern New Jersey environs that we both call home.
  Stephen Dunn, as well as being an accomplished author and poet, is 
also a Trustee Fellow and Professor of Creative Writing at Richard 
Stockton College in Pomona, New Jersey. I am confident that his 
students and the faculty members there are tremendously appreciative of 
both his great literary talent and his great devotion to teaching, 
handing down his creative spark to the next generation of chroniclers 
of life in Southern New Jersey.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Professor Stephen Dunn on his Pulitzer 
Prize and thank him for his many contributions to the State of New 
Jersey and its people.

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